If you have attended non-U.S. post-secondary college-level schools, you must submit an official transcript evaluation for each school attended to the UW School of Nursing (see Graduate Certificate application instructions for details).

Deadlines

Graduate certificate applications are due at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on May 1 to begin study the following autumn.

Eligibility to apply

To apply to a graduate certificate, you must meet one of the following criteria:

Already have a graduate degree in another appropriate field, when applicable (required for Advanced Practice Environmental and Occupational Health and Palliative Care)

Currently enrolled or have applied to be admitted and enrolled at the University of Washington in an appropriate graduate degree program and would complete the graduate certificate concurrent with this degree (graduate certificates cannot be awarded until degree is completed).

This requirement applies to international applicants. Unless you are in the U.S. on an H visa (work visa), if you do not meet this criteria you cannot apply to a graduate certificate.

If you are bachelor’s-prepared RN and do not meet one of the above criteria, you should apply to the Doctor of Nursing Practice program instead.